I didn't see the poke, but I told my wife, "He got poked in the eye, look how he's covering his face." Then they showed the clip. There's no way he'd of covered his face like that if it weren't a eye poke IMO.

Exactly. These dudes are professional fighters and you don't see them wince up like that unless it's a poke. Ref should've halted action based on that alone.

who cares? the poke was an accident. the ref messed up, he didn't see it. accidents happen all the time in this sport. we saw illegal strikes on hughes, al turk and kongo (if not more) all in just two weeks... and the refs didn't see or stop any of the fights. sh*t happens.

who cares? the poke was an accident. the ref messed up, he didn't see it. accidents happen all the time in this sport. we saw illegal strikes on hughes, al turk and kongo (if not more) all in just two weeks... and the refs didn't see or stop any of the fights. sh*t happens.

Exactly.

This stuff happens in almost every fight,
and a LOT of the times they don't call it.
Fence grabs, blows to the back of the head are very very very common.